Welcome Back!!

Now we have overcome the trauma of the new regime and the latest project of wich we dare not speak - Lets get Blogging again!!!!

Here are some topics to get going on ....

A Rose By Any Other Email Address .....
What short and to the point, yet all embracing, name should we have for the Collection Management generic email. It will need to start with LIS and then the bit that really describes who we are.

So, 'LIScollectionmanagement@uclan.ac.uk'? - but that is too long.

Ideas anyone ... ????

Why on earth have we never done that?? ....
While we were 'rationalising' the journals to the two middle floors many of us had ideas of how we could have been doing, or should, in the future, be doing, things better. These ranged from ideas that arose simply because we had a bit of peace and quiet, to ones that would have made the job in hand a lot easier. Also some of us have had ideas about the journals for years and no where to pass them on to ...

For instance, after my fifth trip across the floor and up the stairs I really thought a hand held device with online access to search the catalogue and the wider net would have been really useful. Also, why don't we put more useful information on the box labels ....

Now we've had some tiime to mull things over since the move and there is a chance to get some changes in train - lets have them ideas down here ... ????

Metamorphosis ...
The Restricted Loan collection is moving around and changing its identity so much during these structural and geographical developments that we need to find a new name for it. The plan is to make the collection self-service for the students to collect their own texts. Reservations will also be available in the room on the same basis. There will be a Self Issue machine, a photocopier/scanner and study desks with computers. The doors will have security gates and will be in sight of the Enquiry Desk.

There is room in the room for more texts than the current Restricted Loan so it is likely that it will include a wider criteria of material. In addition we have the opportunity to make nmore use of the e-Book format and ERL which will, if anything, reduce the number of traditional restricted items that we will need to house there.

So, we need to consider both the basis on which texts are included/excluded, and the basis on which students get to use them. But mainly we need to think of a name for this room and the items it holds - both old RL and Reservations, and the access to, and use of them facilitated by the equipment there. So, what do you think ... ????

E-Books Update

Our team, together with Resource Services, have been evaluating current e-book provision in our library in light on making some changes.

A consultation document (in draft form) is available in our shared folder
Collection Management\eresources\ebooks\e-booksupdate0308.doc

Please post any comments about the document, or the proposals contained within it, on here.